No, Thermador is not a Canadian company, it is an American luxury appliance brand with German ownership, headquartered in Irvine, California, USA, and owned by BSH Home Appliances Corporation which is German. Thermador was founded in 1916 in Los Angeles, California, USA by William E. Criss as American brand, originally making electric heaters and later inventing first built-in wall oven and first soft-heat electric cooktop, becoming luxury cooking appliance brand known for professional-style ranges and built-in coffee makers. In 1998, Thermador was acquired by BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH, German appliance giant owned by Bosch Group, headquartered in Munich, Germany, which also owns Bosch and Gaggenau brands. Today Thermador operates as American luxury brand under German BSH ownership, with headquarters in Irvine, California and manufacturing in La Follette, Tennessee and other US plants for ranges, plus factories in Germany for some products like coffee makers and dishwashers that share Bosch internals. Thermador is sold in Canada through specialty appliance dealers and Best Buy Canada as luxury brand, but it is not Canadian-owned, with no Canadian manufacturing, as Canadian appliance brands include Danby based in Guelph, Ontario making compact fridges. So Thermador is American brand founded in California, now owned by German BSH Bosch, not Canadian company, but available in Canada as premium import.
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